Tethered and Toothless
beyond these shores
people live in destruction
they scramble from day to day
their existence is created by
the the ways and means of war
they are divided by doctrine
and each alliance
exploits their well being
beyond these shores
the tyranny of might
causes men and women to
take shelter only
to have to fled to
better places
which existence is right
that they both war against the people
what nation has no people
what country is unsovereign
than by which truths do
we stand to bring voice
to those
who have no voice
and those that rise to speak
don't know what to say
stay out of the fight
and observe the brawl
til one day we take want we've learned
and uses it against those we oppose
and then find reason to make opposition
of those we had chose to support
beyond these boundaries the people
have fled
to make villain of those that they flee from
we tire of these truths and word our frustration
to support actions that causes further division
the nights of springs, summers, falls and winters
have come and each season the harvest have been
stored ripened only to feed those who have created division and untruth
the trust of sovereign people
has been battered and bruised
the clasps that fasten are buckling
and the tension of unresolved troubles
has made poverty stricken men
angry: who's frustrations
solve differences
that might destroy's and men stand before
these battles to witness the destruction
of men, woman, children and
areas of their once concern.
made mad persons.
those who can flee, on
distant shore
they speak there angre
the will never see those loved ones
and those enemies that they had wished to tell those truths
which would resolve such troublings.
on distant shores they war.
in our country they find comfort to
watch the destruction of those who are more kin to them.
the faces of caring people
might make smiles:
but only relief from those tensions
of frustrated helplessness
the not being able to stop which is troubling.
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2019
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